CONCERNING TO THE LEGAL NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artem Ivanov ◽  
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Eliza Shyhapova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
General Importance ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Advisory Opinions

This article is devoted to clarify the significance of the advisory opinions of the European Court of Human Rights as a recently improved institution. Thus, according to Article 1 of Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the highest judicial institutions of the High Contracting Party, as defined in accordance with Art. 10 may apply to the Court for advisory opinions on matters of principle concerning the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined by the Convention or its protocols. Considering the fact that only two advisory opinions on the appeal of the member states of the Council of Europe have been published on the official website of the court, this topic is a new subject for research and requires a systematic study. Allowing states to seek advisory opinions was driven by the need to ease the burden on the European Court of Human Rights. However, given the novelty of the improved institute, this statement is still controversial. The article offers its own conclusions regarding the significance of the advisory opinions in the activities of the European Court, provides a view on the legal nature of this legal institution in the internal legal order of Ukraine. This was achieved by defining the essence of such a mechanism, analyzing primary sources from the official website of the court, statistical data on the functioning of the institution, and generalizing national legislation to determine the legal nature. Thus, although Ukraine has ratified Protocol No. 16, however, the legal status of such advisory opinions has not been determined. In this connection, it is proposed to amend a number of legislative acts, in particular, to article 17 of the Law of Ukraine "On the implementation and application of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights", which should be supplemented with the rule on the legal force of the advisory opinion of the European Court of Human Rights. According to the general importance of such an institution, it seems reasonable to hope for a decrease in the number of decisions that would contradict the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, and, accordingly, a decrease in the grounds for filing applications.

PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariia Shvartseva ◽  
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Anna Plotnikova ◽  
Kateryna Dubyna ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Systemic Problems ◽  
Legislative Changes

The article is devoted to the study of problematic aspects of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter — the ECHR) execution decisions in Ukraine. The work clarifies the causes and systemic problems due to which Ukraine does not comply with the decisions of the ECHR. The relevant provisions of international and national legislation acts have been analyzed: the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as the Convention), Protocols No. 1 and No. 14 to the Convention, the Law of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the LU) "On the Execution of Decisions and Application of the European Court Practice of Rights person", Law of Ukraine" On enforcement proceedings "," On state guarantees regarding the execution of court decisions ", Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 440, No. 703. On the example of the case «Scozzari and Giunta v. Italy», it was shown that the state must comply with the final decisions in which it is a party. This performance should not be limited to compensation for damage caused, but should also include the adoption of general measures and individual nature to correct problems. The work outlined the place of the Committee of Ministers of the Europe Council in the process of execution by states of final decisions regarding them. It was noted that the execution of final decisions is carried out under the control of the Ministers Committee. The resolution “Enforcement of judgments of the European Court of Human Affairs” adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, according to which the violating state can be punished for improper execution of the decisions of the ECHR, in particular with regard to the introduction of legislative changes, was analyzed. The strictest of these penalties is the expulsion of the country from the Council of Europe, which once again underlines the importance of this issue. The article examined the legal nature of "pilot decisions", their difference from ordinary decisions. It was found that the purpose of making “pilot decisions” is to identify systemic problems of the state and help in solving them. The paper provides a list of systemic problems that arose in the practice of the ECHR in cases against Ukraine. On the example of two “pilot decisions”, “Yuriy Nikolayevich Ivanov v. Ukraine” and “Burmych and others v. Ukraine”, specific systemic problems are considered, the ways in which Ukraine tried to overcome them are analyzed. The work contains the reasons that lead to the Ukraine failure to comply with court decisions. These factors are broken down into 3 groups: legal, financial and institutional. The authors propose ways to solve these problems.

scholarly journals Legal interpretative acts of the European court of human rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
V. Zavhorodnii
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
First Time ◽  
Advisory Opinions ◽  
Research Analysis

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to define and implement the characteristics of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which have the legal properties of classical interpretative legal acts. Methodology. The theoretical tools of the study were: universal epistemological principles of cognition, complex, dialectical, axiological approaches, general scientific and special scientific methods of cognition. In particular, the following methods of scientific research were used during the research: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, structural, systemic, technical-dogmatic. Results. As a result of the study it was established that the legal acts of the European Court of Human Rights, which have the legal nature of interpretative-legal are: 1) advisory opinions of the Strasbourg Court, adopted by the European Court of Human Rights in connection with requests from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe or the higher courts of the States Parties to the Convention; 2) judgments of the Strasbourg Court, containing explanations of legal positions and / or individual prescriptions previously formulated by the Court of Europe, contained in the decisions adopted by the Strasbourg Court on the merits. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the paper substantiates the legal nature of those legal acts of the Court of the Council of Europe that have exclusively interpretive properties. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in law enforcement activities of entities authorized to implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in the national legal order of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Judicial procedural issues of choosing an effective method of legal protection in civil cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Andrii Shabalin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Judicial Discretion ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Procedural Code ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Civil Cases

Keywords: civil procedural protection, court effective way of protection, civilprocess The article is devoted to the study of Civil Procedureaspects of the court's application of a proper and effective method of protecting aviolated right within the frame of its own judicial discretion. Attention is paid to thestudy of the legal nature of civil protection, existing doctrinal positions, as well as thelegal and regulatory environment. The features of the exercise of discretionary powersby the court regarding the use of an effective method of protecting violated privatelaw have been established. It is indicated that the court is empowered to choose an effectivemethod of legal protection exclusively within the limits of the statement ofclaim — claims are detailed. It is emphasized that when choosing an effective methodof protection, the principle of the rule of law must be observed, in accordance with theprovisions of Article 10 of the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine (“CPCU”). This meansthat an effective method of legal protection must be correlated with the provisions ofthe Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and thecase law of the European Court of Human Rights. This universal provision applies toall cases of claim proceedings, namely the claim, which are decided by the rules ofcivil procedure. The peculiarity of the court's use of an effective method of protectionin civil cases is that it can choose an effective method of legal protection only in courtcases in which the claim is considered, as well as when the law or agreements do notdetermine the effective method of legal protection. On the basis of the conducted scientificresearch, the author has developed own gradation of legal criteria of choice bycourt of an effective way of legal protection at consideration of civil cases. Such a gradationis universal for all cases considered by the court under the rules of civil procedure.Exceptions to the above regarding the application of a specific method of protectionare cases related to compensation for damage caused to an individual as a resultof withdrawal of an insolvent bank from the market or liquidation of the bank.

The ECHR, the EU and the Weakness of Social Rights Protection at the European Level

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1833-1861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderic O'Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
European Court ◽  
Reporting Mechanism ◽  
The Eu

Ever since the conceptual division of rights into three separate categories; civil, political and social, the legal status of social rights has been controversial. This divergence in views is illustrated by the decision of the Council of Europe in 1950 to protect civil and political rights through a judicial format where adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was ensured by the European Court of Human Rights, whereas social rights were addressed separately through the European Social Charter (“Social Charter”), with merely a reporting mechanism to the European Committee of Social Rights.

scholarly journals Supervision of the execution of The European Court of Human Rights’ case law

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Corina Siman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The Political ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
European System ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Executive Body

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms empowers the decision-making and executive body of the Council of Europe, id est the Committee of Ministers, to supervise the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law. The mechanism thus established possesses a certain specificity, which is inherent to the European system of protection of fundamental rights. Therefore, both the political nature of the Committee of Ministers and the elements that form the process of monitoring the implementation of the content of the Strasbourg Court’s judgments and decisions are of interest.

scholarly journals CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AND THE CASE-LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS A SOURCES OF SUFFRAGE IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
European Court ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights

The article is devoted to the study of such sources of electoral law in Ukraine as the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the first Protocol to the Convention and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. The legal nature of these international sources of suffrage in Ukraine is considered. Attention is drawn to the peculiarities of the wording of the right to free election in Article 3 the first Protocol to the Convention. The peculiarities of the application of the above article by the European Court of Human Rights are disclosed. The importance the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights as a source of suffrage in Ukraine is emphasized. This assertion is justified by the fact that the rules of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols are of a general and abstract nature and are interpreted and filled with real meaning in judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, which are of precedent nature. A number of legal positions of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the obligation of the state to organize and hold democratic elections, enshrined in the specific decisions of this international judicial institution, have been analyzed. In the article were covered such legal positions as: the possibility of limiting the suffrage of citizens, provided that such conditions do not interfere with the free expression of the people's opinion on the election of the legislative body; evaluation of the electoral legislation in the light of the political development of the country, taking into account national characteristics; wide discretion of the state in the choice of the electoral system, which will ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people, etc. There are a number of unresolved issues regarding the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights in judicial and administrative practice in Ukraine, one of which is the possible conflict between the case-law of the Court and the rules of Ukrainian law. It is proposed to resolve this conflict at the legislative level. The conclusions focus on the peculiarities of the legal nature of these sources of suffrage in Ukraine. KEY WORDS: sources of suffrage, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, right to free elections.

scholarly journals POSSIBILITY OF RATIFICATION BY UKRAINE OF THE CONVENTIONFOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEING WITH REGARD TO THE APPLICATION OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE: PROS AND CONS

Medicne pravo ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Oksana Yuriyivna Harasymiv
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Being ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Advisory Opinions

The article analyzes pros and cons for the ratification of the Con- vention for the protection of human rights and dignity of human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine by Ukraine. It outlines that the ratification of this Convention will further expand the human rights and freedoms safeguards in the field of biomedical trials. The possibility of appealing to the European Court of Human Rights for advisory opinions on the basis of the Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine has been highlighted. It has been emphasized that such ratification can be possible for Ukraine only in case of bringing the national legislation into line with the requirements of said Convention.

scholarly journals PREVENTION OF TORTURE ON THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Kh. Yamelska
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
The State ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Court ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
The Government ◽  
Legal Pressure ◽  
The Impact

The article reveals the content of armed aggression and the legal status of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia's aggression against Ukraine is considered in historical retrospect. Cases of torture and other ill-treatment on the temporarily occupied territories have been demonstrated in specific cases. The article examines the state of human rights on the temporarily occupied territories, namely the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment. Ways to prevent torture and ill-treatment in order to respect human rights and maintain the rule of law have been identified. The author determined that system of counteraction to aggression of Russia, which consists the political, legal and economic means, includes the prevention of torture and ill-treatment.The author notes that the adoption of UN GA resolutions and other documents of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are new elements of increasing legal pressure on Russia. The submission of interstate applications by the Government of Ukraine to the European Court of Human Rights against the Russian Federation is one of the effective means of preventing torture. The article reveals the impact of expert and advocacy activities of non-governmental human rights organizations on the prevention of torture and the state of human rights on the temporarily occupied territories. It is noted that maintaining contacts with the citizens of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, constant informing, as well as obtaining information by the Ukrainian side on the state of human rights in the temporarily occupied territory provides an opportunity to partially prevent such violations and allow future reintegration of these territories. Keywords: prevention of torture, temporarily occupied territories, armed aggression, observance of human rights.

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